New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17
10 GET SQOARB WITH TIE LANDLADY

A MAN TRIES TO USE MAYOR HEWITT IN TIE MAT
TER AND Is ARRESTED
Since Mayor Hewitt began TO make war upon disordery
places In the city bo has received many anonymous let
tiers offering Information or advice about alleged owes
He IA. eorrrd all such letters the police for invest
CATION and 10 n number OF IL was found that the
nnonyuous staements falsehoods intended TO In
uro ghy respectable persons or places some OF tho
had sent By Jokers. Win no ohef
object apparently. than to fool Nr Hewitt one hunor
Gus crank tnat the biggest receiver OF stolen sos
Ia tho city had ohce at Police Headquarters meaning
Pune ty lrrk Iarriot who Il tho lawful custodian OF
AL stolen property recovered 10y tho police ,,,, ..
Among tns AnOn NOUS letters which Mr. Hewitt re
fcrrrl 10 police one which made grave
ehsrees against the Coffee House at 40 l3l East
Thiro-utn st. and attacseh TIC charAster o. ss
NO Keeps tho place when captain McCufagii AM 10
learned enough To sauAy themselves that the charges ia
the letter rsss aud tnat the author had private
,rudso against sirs bfss> Yesterday tney aiIesaoa
Daniel Webster. uckctu,ker at tie bo~oJ musouh.
who had been sent away from Tue DoAidlhs houSe ny
Mrs Briggs recently Ho VAS taken bc.ote SGpeIIhtrh
dent Murray at Police Headquarters and tuore ne con
fessed lie he'd written Tie ahouy NOUS letter Al tue
Ieuuost OF Murray lie an HIiia'lt uecialhs
that purpose writing tnr letter was 70 get square
vita the lndi~iy Al he hs'ei N~LAea ionao Sou,. 1
woman aud he'd IN 81 BOO ball for exaInih~lioA
MRS JOHN CBAMBBRLIS AND @. y. RANSOM
4 story was current IN certain circles OF this city
Yesterday in which tho names OF Mis-. John Cham
berlin the wife OF tho welknown keeper OF tho
nasainston Iest.dranS ana that Oh tne willow OF
Charles H. Ransom, tho gambler Llai oil "A PROMINENT
part IL SAID that MIS-. LhaiuDerlIn had declared
mat sho would enter claim against Ransoms prop
crty, as sho was LIs Nipo"' h"' no
been secretly HdlrIcl W I'm
Ransom kept q faro bank at No. IL West twenty
nitn-st.. aud dieu on December -, 1852 ieav ing
urofeity estimated to be- worth S25O,ooO. Inc con
test his will by some OF his relatives In New
Kr-lnsw1ck, ~ j.. IA well known. In the ruuor
mentioned ex-Rccorder James VI. smith was SAID 10
he inc counsel for Mrs. Ransom. Ho denied yes
terday that Mrs. Chamberln had Informed i'm OF
her Intentions VI claiming part Of the Ransom
tate ana Characterized the rumor a. being foolish
Mrs Chamberlln. be said was married 10 Ransom
some years ago lie deserted her aud she applied for
a di, ofcc. hanson engaged him a. his lawyer and no
rtforts were made to prevent her from obtaining y
dIvnrce Iator she married Mr.. ChamDcrlln and
Ransom took TO himself a third wife, who Ia stii
living Mrs Cnamberln did figure ones as con
tostant for Ransom property, and that was shortly
after his death she called him. MIR. smith. and
asserted that by Ransoms will she vas entitled to
doWry Interest, a she was his widow But Mr.
smith says that he told her that such claim was
impo.sible, aud asked her TO talk the matter over
with her friends. sno did So and when she saw
him again he bought her release Tor u small sum-
she thought that she was entitled to $4,000 or
sii 900 Mr.. smith asserted that this payment
Mr., Chamborin left the ST. James Hotel day
n, two ago 10 return 10 Washington. His friends at
the hotel confirmed the ex-Recorder's statement